Ringgold County Conservation’s Dragoon Trace Nature Center in Mount Ayr, Iowa. (Photo courtesy Ringgold County Conservation) The former director of conservation for Ringgold County is suing the county for alleged discrimination, defamation and malicious prosecution. Kathryn Mortensen Zimmerman is suing the county, the board of supervisors, the county auditor, a county deputy and an Iowa […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been exonerated by a Department of Justice review that found investigators did not intend to target traditional Catholics as potential “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” The Justice Department Inspector General review noted, however, that analysts “incorrectly conflated” an investigative subject’s religious views with his alleged domestic terrorism activities. […]
Mar. 28—Three village of New Lebanon employees plus the contracted village law director, all of whom had been placed on administrative leave in February pending an internal investigation, were fired last week, just days after former Village Manager Glena Madden was officially ousted by council. As village manager, Madden had reported directly to village council. […]
The UK and the United States have accused China of a global campaign of “malicious” cyber attacks in an unprecedented joint operation to reveal Beijing’s espionage. Britain has publicly blamed China for targeting the UK Electoral Commission watchdog and for being behind a campaign of online “reconnaissance” aimed at the email accounts of politicians. Chinese […]
The owner of the historic Union Block building in downtown Boise is suing the city and two employees over its closure. Ken Howell, a Boise developer and owner of Parklane Management Co., which leases apartments, offices and retail space downtown, sued Jan. 22 in the U.S. District Court in Boise alleging the city and its […]
Jan. 16—A Mannington man was arrested Friday after Monongalia County deputies responded to a disturbance at the Pilot truck stop on Smithtown Road. Deputy Cole French, who responded to the call at around 7:22 p.m., said he spoke with Gregory Buda, 40, of Mannington, on the scene. According to the criminal complaint, Buda said another […]
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Cypriot authorities have denied an “unfounded and malicious allegation” by Israel that Iran was using northern Cyprus for “terrorism objectives”. The foreign ministry of breakaway North Cyprus released the statement on Monday after the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a day earlier that Israel helped Cyprus foil an Iranian-ordered […]